The south lost the war???? since when???? LOL...When all is said and done, the south got a great rallying cry.."the south will rise again!!"...Everyone wants to have a southern ancestor who fought for the Confederacy, The census soundexes the southern states first, and every genealogist I know wants southern ancestors....The last Yankee ancestor I had was Jacob Castleman, who came to the Nashville area, from New York, in 1780....I am sure some of the Kentucky ancestors crossed the Ohio river from time to time, but not for long.... > >I know this isn't genealogy, but I can't resist. It is all William's fault. >Quoting from one of his responses. > >"The reason I wanted to know, was that I have some IA kinfolk. They had >lived in TX for awhile and they told me the Texans were still fighting the >war. " > >Several years ago I had an elderly friend who went to school in Texas. He >seriously assured me that until he grew up and left Texas he never knew the >South lost the Civil War. The school year always ended before they got to >that part of the history book. (I didn't believe him, but I thought it a >cute story.) >Barb _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx

Like I said before Barb, the North and the South both lost. A lot. Elaine ----- Original Message ----- From: "katharan plemmons" <katharan@hotmail.com> To: <TNMONTGO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, August 21, 2002 7:13 PM Subject: Re: [TNMONTGO-L] Re. Question for true southerners and more > The south lost the war???? since when???? LOL...When all is said and done, > the south got a great rallying cry.."the south will rise again!!"...Everyone > wants to have a southern ancestor who fought for the Confederacy, The census > soundexes the southern states first, and every genealogist I know wants > southern ancestors....The last Yankee ancestor I had was Jacob Castleman, > who came to the Nashville area, from New York, in 1780....I am sure some of > the Kentucky ancestors crossed the Ohio river from time to time, but not for > long.... > > > > >I know this isn't genealogy, but I can't resist. It is all William's fault. > >Quoting from one of his responses. > > > >"The reason I wanted to know, was that I have some IA kinfolk. They had > >lived in TX for awhile and they told me the Texans were still fighting the > >war. " > > > >Several years ago I had an elderly friend who went to school in Texas. He > >seriously assured me that until he grew up and left Texas he never knew the > >South lost the Civil War. The school year always ended before they got to > >that part of the history book. (I didn't believe him, but I thought it a > >cute story.) > >Barb > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: > http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx >